[AAABEST]

I hate the way it looks on paper, but maybe in context it would look good.

I was at the dedication mass for this yesterday. It was truly surreal to be standing literally in the middle of nowhere in a rural tomato field with the Vatican Choir singing live in the background. The mass was facing the altar, yet I've heard that the tridentine won't be allowed.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this whole endeavor yet.... signals are mixed but seems promising.

[AnAmericanMother]

How was it? How did the choir sound? That must have been a surreal experience.

[Maximilian]

I'm not quite sure what to make of this whole endeavor yet.... signals are mixed but seems promising.

It sounds to me like you're being taken for a ride. Like the rest of the neo-Catholic enterprise, it's built on direct-mail fundraising rather than on faith and grace.

[ninenot]

From what I've heard (over the air) and heard (from friends who are knowledgeable and who have lived there) the Vatican choir is so bad that they could well have been one of the reasons for the Protestant revolt.

And they REALLY don't like anyone, regardless of pedigree, pointing out how to sing well, unless they are Italian and have come from the VatChoir's ranks.

Sort of an inbreeding thing, and it shows.

[Romulus]

The mass was facing the altar, yet I've heard that the tridentine won't be allowed.

Is the new chapel laid out ad orientem?